Hotmail ups free account storage space to 5GB

[mandy]

For the first time, Microsoft has passed Google in the race to offer Web users the most e-mail storage space. Microsoft's Hotmail will now feature 5 GB of storage for general users and 10 GB for paid accounts. The amount surpasses Google's 2.5 GB of storage for free Gmail accounts...

The move likely will be enough to keep existing Hotmail users in the fold, Rob Enderle, principal analyst with Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. However, Hotmail service upgrades may not be enough to lure users away from competing services...

full article: http://ecommercetimes.com/story/NQsF11vE...Race.xhtml

[jezebel]

More storage equals more lost email

Hotmail Fails To Deliver Up To 81% Of All Attachment Emails
http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...002.0.html

[BellisimaJ.]

For the first time, Microsoft has passed Google in the race to offer Web users the most e-mail storage space. Microsoft's Hotmail will now feature 5 GB of storage for general users and 10 GB for paid accounts. The amount surpasses Google's 2.5 GB of storage for free Gmail accounts...

Hotmail sucks.  But, maybe Google will now increase the storage space they alot to free accounts.........

[regic]

Google increased their storage last Friday.  They're charging $20 annually (6GB)-$500 annually (250 GB)

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